Troop Transports Reach East Coast Ports With 8000 Aboard
More than eight thousand American troops are scheduled to arrive at East Coast ports today from Europe. Ships in New York include the John Fiske with 699 reassignment troops and the Hadley Brown with 191 undesignated units. Newport News hosts 1938 troops aboard Westbrook Victory, Boston welcomes 3001 aboard Marine Robin, and additional units are aboard Santa Cecilia Pere Marquette Sea Robin and other transports with aviation, medical, engineers, and military police detachments.
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Europe
New York
Boston
Newport News
John Fiske
Hadley Brown
Joshua Lippincott
Westbrook Victory
High Point
Santa Cecilia
Pere Marquette
Sea Robin
Engineer Light Equipment
40Th Signal Light Construction
Pattern 4918 sewing pattern ad with military notice
Complete Pattern 4918 ensemble including hat blouse and jumper offered in multiple sizes with yardage details and applique. Also prints about Anne Adams Summer Pattern Book and free hat bag gloves items. Separate notice highlights Pvt Theo W Suggs returning to Fort Oglethorpe GA after European theatre service with decorations.
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Enterprise
P. O
New York
N. Y
Anne Adams
Stanley in Florida joins Green Project distribution center
Sgt John N Stanley Jr reports to the Green Project air distribution center at Camp Blanding Florida. He recently returned from the European theater with 33 months overseas and is awaiting time with friends and relatives. A note mentions pattern weights cut from small heavy metal objects for pattern making.
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Stanley
Florida
Camp Blandingwton
Camp Blanding
Fla
John N. Stanley, Jr
Green Project
W. 5
Edel
Stern
United States
Miami
Air Transport Command
Thomasville Road
Sharp Contrast Drawn Between Yanks And Japs
A Tokyo dispatch contrasts American occupation with the Manila invasion, noting Americans entered Tokyo orderly and well equipped while Japanese forces entered Manila amid ruin and fear, and recalls Manila’s brutal first night and gendarmerie actions. The piece reflects on differences between American and Japanese armies and their early conduct.
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Tokyo
Manila
Nanking
Huey Long’s Tumultuous Reign Marked By Assassination Ten Years On
Ten years after Huey P. Long was shot and killed in Baton Rouge during a tense session at the new state capitol, debate persists over whether Long was the target or Weiss the intended victim. The era left Louisiana with vast road and school expansions but a costly legacy and a string of convictions among Long loyalists.
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C. P. Liter
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Capitol
Louisiana House of Representatives
Argonne
Sen
Huey P. Long
Carl Austin Weiss
Long
Weiss
Huey Long
United States
John H. Overton
Allen J Ellender
House
Senate
New Orleans
Robert S. Maestri
Paign
Weil i A
Leon C. Weiss
New Capitol
Richard W. Leche
Leche
Sam H. Jones
Jones
Jimmie Davis
Earl
Lecher
Waggoner Honorable Discharge Soldier From Swananda NC
Sgt Charles H Waggoner of Route 2 High Point received an honorable discharge due to physical disability after serving since September 1942. He trained at Camp Croft, fought in Normandy Ardennes Rhineland and central Europe with the 840th engineer battalion. He was a machinist at Newport News Shipbuilding before induction. Mrs Waggoner lives at the same address.
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Swananda
N. C
Chas. H. Wagogner
Rt. 2
High Point
Army
Moore General Hospital
Camp Croft
European
9Th Engineer Command
Normandy
Ardennes
Rhineland
Europe
Newports News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co
Waggoner
Navy lieutenant reports for duty at naval hospital
Lt. Jesse Jessup White of High Point North Carolina has reported for duty at the U S naval hospital Houston Texas. He entered the navy July 23 1917 at Norfolk Virginia and has served at the Washington D C naval hospital on the China station in Nicaragua at St El bans New York and at the marine base San Diego California.
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Jesse White
Houston
Texas
Jesse Jessup White
U. S. Navy
U. S. Naval Hospital
High Point
N. C
White
Navy
Norfolk
Washington, D. C
China Station
Nicaragua
Stl. Elbans
N. Y
Marine Base
San Diego
Calif
Return of PFC DeVault After 20 Day Furlough
Pfc. E. E. DeVault returned to Fort Bragg after a 20 day furlough spent with his wife and daughter Myrtle Nell and his mother Mrs. S. F. Jones of Grassy Creek North Carolina. He came home Aug. 2 from overseas where he served since February earning the ETO ribbon with three battle stars and the good conduct medal. He will depart Fort Bragg soon for Camp Crawford Louisiana. Seaman George J. Bell of High Point North Carolina serves on the USS Mason destroyer escort in the Atlantic fleet. Bell has two brothers in service James Bell in the Navy and Alonzo C. Bell in the Army. He attended Dunbar High School in Lexington prior to enlistment and has over two years of service in the European theater.
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North Carolina
Dorothy Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
H. M. Johnson
Fort Bragg
N. C
U. S. Civil Service
Winston-Salem
E. E. Devault
Ft. Bragg
Myrtle Nell
S. F. Jones
Grassy Creek
N.C
DeVault
States
E.T.O
Seaman Geo. J. Bell
George J. Bell
USNR
High Point
Mason
Seaman Bell
James Bell
U. S. Navy
Alonzo C. Bell
U. S. Army
Dunbar High School
Lexington
Peirce
Waldo Peirce
Arnold Boehm
NMU
Mid-Town Gallery
New York
USS
Adolf Aldrich
Springfield
Mass
John Saito
Oldest US physician Dr James K Newman of Omaha at 96
Omaha Neb. Dr James K Newman at 96 years old is believed to be the oldest practicing physician in the United States. He serves as an instructor at the Creighton university school of medicine clinic and notes that most people today go to a family doctor for referrals to specialists.
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Omaha
Neb
INS
James K. Newman
United States
Newman
Creighton University School of Medicine
Bridge edge misreads and misdefense in South hand
South dealer vulnerable play by West and East leads to a missed defense. West's spade queen lead invites overtrick risks while East misreads the suit and returns the spade seven. Declarer clocks a diamond to dummy finessing hearts, but the contract still reaches defeat despite a supposed hold on the spade suit.
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West
East
Declarer
South
Sergeant Richard A. Lowe Leads Ice Plant Unit in India Burma
SGT R A Lowe of 2206 Jansen St High Point NY serves as chief mechanic for the 628th refrigeration company in the India Burma theater. Overseas much of his army career, he helped install and maintain ice plants and cold storage in the Ledo Road area and installed life saving air conditioning at the US Army General Hospital in Ledo.
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Calcutta
India
India-Burma
Richard A. Lowe
Jansen St
High Point
N. Y
Lowe
628Th
Ledo Road
U.S. Army General Hospital
Ledo
Surratt Returns From Europe For Further Army Assignment
Robert W. Surratt 26 of High Point North Carolina recently returned to the United States and is undergoing processing at the Miami Beach Army service distribution station to determine his next assignment. He served ten months as a gunner in the European theater and earned the European campaign ribbon with one battle star. Prior to service he worked for Burlington Mills Corp and joined the armed forces on November 12, 1942.
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Blggs
Georgia Army Ground and
Fort Oglethorpe
Theo W. Suggs
Mattie Sugas
Rt. 5
High Point
N. Co
United States
Robert W. Surrratt
Miami Beach
Fra
Robert W. Surratt
C. R. Surratt
N. C
Army
Mian Beach
Surratt
Pfc
Burlington Mills Corp
Armed Forces
Camp Carson convalescents learn radio at hospital
At Camp Carson Colo the hospital convalescents who never touched radio now run two radio shops and study advanced techniques. Students operate their own signal corps transmitters and conduct daily two way chats with ranges up to fifty miles, turning hobby and training into practical radio work.
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Camp Carson
Colo
INS
Camp Carson Hospital Center
Convalescent Hospital
Signal Corps
Lightnin' Lightnin' calculator counts to nine then adds three
Lightnin an aged Negro who sacks eggs in a Dallas grocery store says he cannot count beyond nine yet places a dozen in each sack. He explains I can count up to nine then I just add three more eggs.
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Lightnin’ Calculator
Dallas
Tex
Lightnin
Merchant Seamen Embrace Painting Project Nationwide
Alzira Peirce leads informal art classes for merchant marine crewmen, jointly organized by United Seamen's Service and the National Maritime Union at NMU headquarters. Over 1,000 paintings have been produced with exhibitions in 45 NMU centers nationwide, and sailors paint for fun and personal fulfillment rather than sale.
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Nani Alzira Prayes
Jacksonville
Houston
Port Arthur
Tex
New Orleans
San Ion Pedro
Calif
Wingdale
Chicago
New
Yok
NMU
RCA
Sith Street
USS
New York
Joseph Curran
United Seamen's Service
Alzira Peirce
Historic government document duplication in Mediterranean theater
More than 12,000,000 government documents from the United States and Great Britain in the Mediterranean theater are being copied for historic records. The effort aims to preserve perishable wartime records and compile a comprehensive archive of military operations and strategic decisions.
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United States
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Local G.I. Furloughs Reported From Fort Bragg
Cpl. Austin Gray of 188 Blm street completes a 30 day home furlough after a year overseas in Germany England and France and returns to Fort Bragg. Pfc. George H VonCannon son of E A and Mrs E A VonCannon of 1606 Franklin street recounts 8 months overseas with the medical corps and a 30 day furlough. Cpl Henry E Beck husband of Margie Lambeth of Thomasville spent 30 days at home after 6 months overseas in France and Germany.
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Cpl
Austin Gray
Blm Street
Germany
England
France
Fort Bragg
George H. VonCannon
E. A. VonCannon
Franklin Street
van Cannon
Medical Corps
Henry E. Beck
Margie Lambeth
Thomasville
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Associated Press
Japan
Bataan
John Jacob Astor
New World
Waldorf
Heidelberg
Charles Waggoner
AKS
Sgt
KR. A. Lowe
W. G. Rogers
AP Arts
Robert M. Walters
P. ©. Walters
Doris Street
Shellie M. Baker
Ennis Street
Okinawa
Tomlinson Employment Office
West High Street
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